A
picture (or map) is worth a thousand words. It's down-day eight in
Piatt County, Illinois. The team and birds are almost directly
under the center of a low pressure system. Liz reports they are feeling
the effects
of
15 mph ground wind. "Aloft
the winds
are showing
30-40 mph, and just to the south of us near the Illinois-Kentucky
border, they are blowing 40-50 mph." She announced the team's
new nickname for this state: Ill-windi-nois! Since the wind
has
the
team grounded
anyway, they are cheering for
the arrival of the rain so needed and hoped for by the farmers here.

A
Contest! You
can help the team win a grant for $25,000 to continue helping
the cranes! Visit
the Pepsi
Refresh Challenge website to vote for Operation Migration
today. You can vote every day until Dec. 31.